397
to the 18 August the date
of the Yemen's Communication,
to obtain possessione of
the fugitives
It appears to the
Jamen
from a perusal of the
proceedings of the Hong Kong Courts in
this & some reset Chinese
Extradition cases that
the proof of guilt required by the Authorities is much
More thorough
and Exhaustive
than that which we generally
be held to justify
an
Extradition in Europe, &
that the investigation
partakes less of the character
of a preliminary Exam ?
Conducted with the object
of establishing a presumption
of guilt than of that of a definitive trial.
As